wt

See also: WT, wt., -wt, and wͭ

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• wͭ

Preposition

w^t

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of with.
   • 1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament:

     W^t condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following...

   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:

     They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it w^t nales and hammers, that it moue not.

Synonyms

• w^th, w/, w

Etymology 2

Pronoun

wt

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of what.
   • 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 80:

     Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?

Anagrams

• TW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wet

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to bandage, to bind up
2. (transitive) to embalm

Inflection

Conjugation of wt (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wt, geminated stem: wtt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wt wtw, wt wtt wt, j.wt wt, j.wt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wt ḥr wt m wt r wt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wt.n wtw, wt consecutive wt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wtt perfective3 wt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wt, j.wt1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wt wtt potentialis1 wt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wt, j.wt1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wt active + .tj1, .tw2 wt wtt, wttj6, wt2, wtw2 5, wty2 5 imperfective j.wt1, wt, wty, wtw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.wt1, j.wtw1 5, wt, wtj6, wty6 wt, wtw5 prospective wt, wttj7 — wttj4, wtt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

[Pyramid Texts]

Noun

 m

1. bandage
2. mummy-wrapping

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)

singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

Derived terms

• jmj-wt

Noun

 m

1. embalmer

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)

singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

[Old Kingdom]

Noun

 m

1. bandager

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)

singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 378.7–379.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 71
• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 12, 378.

Middle English

Adverb

wt

1. alternative form of oute

Swedish

Noun

wt ?

1. alternative letter-case form of WT (“redneck, white trash”)

Adjective

wt (comparative mer wt, superlative mest wt)

1. alternative letter-case form of WT (“rednecky, white trashy”)